MillionMileSprinter
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Don't know if this also works on the newer Sprinters, but I've got an '02. YMMV
Symptom- driver's side window kept falling down. Motor ran fine, but didn't affect the window moving up or down. So I searched the forum and found a cheap fix with some plastic closet wheels. I went looking at Home Depot for the wheels, and I'm so glad that the poster mentioned that the wheels were 5/8". All I could find were 7/8" wheels and another plastic slider piece that I bought on a whim. Good thing I did. The wheels were too big.
The rectangular plastic piece turned out to be perfect. I clamped down a rough file in my vice and used it to file down the piece to match the size of the broken plastic piece from the window.
Then I took the threaded rectangle and used my grinder to grind that down to the right size, too. I wanted it recessed, so I threaded a screw into it, held the screw with some pliers and used a torch to heat up the threaded piece. Then I pressed it into the plastic piece. VIOLA! I was very happy with the results.
I found another screw that was long enough and some tiny washers that worked and within an hour, the window was working again!
Enjoy the pics. The first two are of the modified piece next to the original. The next two show the recessed threaded square next to the original. The last is of the original, the modified and the broken MB piece from the window.
Enjoy.
Joel in Philly
Symptom- driver's side window kept falling down. Motor ran fine, but didn't affect the window moving up or down. So I searched the forum and found a cheap fix with some plastic closet wheels. I went looking at Home Depot for the wheels, and I'm so glad that the poster mentioned that the wheels were 5/8". All I could find were 7/8" wheels and another plastic slider piece that I bought on a whim. Good thing I did. The wheels were too big.
The rectangular plastic piece turned out to be perfect. I clamped down a rough file in my vice and used it to file down the piece to match the size of the broken plastic piece from the window.
Then I took the threaded rectangle and used my grinder to grind that down to the right size, too. I wanted it recessed, so I threaded a screw into it, held the screw with some pliers and used a torch to heat up the threaded piece. Then I pressed it into the plastic piece. VIOLA! I was very happy with the results.
I found another screw that was long enough and some tiny washers that worked and within an hour, the window was working again!
Enjoy the pics. The first two are of the modified piece next to the original. The next two show the recessed threaded square next to the original. The last is of the original, the modified and the broken MB piece from the window.
Enjoy.
Joel in Philly
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